Plaza Bar (Marriott Hotel)

The dickie-bowed waiters win the plaudits here—and they are very good—but I’ve always wanted to track down whoever buffs the L-shaped mahogany art deco bar and tip them too. The classic cocktails have not been “re-imagined” by some pork-pie-hatted hipster; they’ve been the same since before World War II. Women allowed, but only since the 1980s.

Plaza Bar (Marriott Hotel)

The dickie-bowed waiters win the plaudits here—and they are very good—but I’ve always wanted to track down whoever buffs the L-shaped mahogany art deco bar and tip them too. The classic cocktails have not been “re-imagined” by some pork-pie-hatted hipster; they’ve been the same since before World War II. Women allowed, but only since the 1980s.